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March 27

A new home for kernel.org [LWN.net]

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Akamai has sent out a press release saying that it is now hosting the kernel.org repositories....
Akamai has sent out a press release saying that it is now hosting the kernel.org repositories. The Linux kernel is massive — approximately 28 million lines of code. Since 2005, more than 13,500 developers from more than 1,300 different companies have contributed to the Linux kernel. Additionally, there are many kernel versions, and developers update the code constantly, distributing that code to developers who...
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April 22

[$] Code signing for BPF programs

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The Linux kernel can be configured so that kernel modules must be signed or otherwise authenticated...
The Linux kernel can be configured so that kernel modules must be signed or otherwise authenticated to be loaded into the kernel. Some BPF developers want that to be an option for BPF programs as well — after all, if those are going to run as part of the kernel, they should be subject to the same code-signing requirements. Blaise Boscaccy and Cong Wang...
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April 15

Manjaro Linux 25.0 released [LWN.net]

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Version 25.0 ("Zetar") of the Arch-based Manjaro Linux distribution is now available. This release includes Linux...
Version 25.0 ("Zetar") of the Arch-based Manjaro Linux distribution is now available. This release includes Linux kernel 6.12, GNOME 48, KDE 6.3, Xfce 4.18, and more.
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March 21

An Asahi Linux 6.14 progress report [LWN.net]

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The Asahi Linux project, working to support Linux on Apple hardware, has published a progress report...
The Asahi Linux project, working to support Linux on Apple hardware, has published a progress report to coincide with the 6.14 kernel release. Now that Rust for Linux abstractions are starting to be merged at a healthy pace, we are faced with an emerging challenge. It is rare for any kernel patch to survive the mailing list without at least a couple of non-trivial...
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